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Ring-ditch

Ardbraccan, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ring-ditch, Ardbraccan, County Meath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ardbraccan
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.66508, -6.76001
SMR number
ME024-038003-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a fairly level landscape. Archaeological testing (04E0925) by D. Nelis (2005) at Testing Area 1 of Contract 4 of the M3 motorway identified archaeological material (excavations.ie 2004:1245) that was completely excavated (E003119) by C. Duffy (2010) as Ardbraccan 5 in May/June 2006 (excavations.ie 2007:1324) when 2621 square metres were opened and three ring-ditches were identified. This is a subcircular or oval area (int. dims c. 3m NE-SW; c. 2.2m NW-SE) defined by sections of a slot-trench (max. Wth 0.31m; max. D 0.14m) cut into the subsoil but it is absent (Wth 2m) NE-SE and has gaps at S (Wth 0.5m) and WSW (Wth 0.5m). It was filled with a purple/brown silty clay that had no inclusions and produced no artefacts or ecological material. No date can be ascribed, but is probably prehistoric. (Duffy 2010, 5-6)

See the attached plan from Duffy (2010, fig. 6)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 25 March 2022

References

Duffy, C. 2010 M3 Clonee – North of Kells, Contract 4, Navan to Kells and Kells Bypass. Final Report on Ardbraccan 5, Co. Meath. Licence: E003119. Unpublished report, Irish Archaeological Consultancy

Nelis, D. 2005 M3 Clonee-North of Kells; Contract 4, Navan - Kells and Kells Bypass. Report on Archaeological Assessment at Testing Area 1 in Ardbraccan, County Meath. Licence: 04E0924. Unpublished report, Irish Archaeological Consultancy

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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